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Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes Mexico's Oaxaca state
Date: 2014-08-13 10:01:27 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:43 - ID:871659
MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 (MENA) – The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca, ABC news reported. The U.S.G.S. said the quake struck early Wednesday with its epicenter 10 miles (16 ....
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Tony Abbott says Australia poised to join humanitarian effort
Date: 2014-08-13 07:35:50 GMT - Australia - World - SN:22 - ID:871446
CANBERRA, Aug 13 (MENA) - Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott says at this stage Australia will only play a humanitarian role in Iraq, as the United Nations calls for the global community to take "urgent" action to avoid a genocide against the ....
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Putin’s popularity soars to 87%
Date: 2014-08-13 06:07:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:871334
MOSCOW, Aug 13 (MENA) - A new survey showed that Russians are more than happy with their president. The poll by the Levada Center reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin currently enjoys an approval rating of 87% — a 4-point jump since a ....
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Remarks were not an attack, Hillary Clinton tells Obama
Date: 2014-08-13 05:43:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:871298
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - Hillary Rodham Clinton called President Obama on Tuesday to assure him that comments she made in a recent interview with The Atlantic were not intended “to attack him, his policies or his leadership,” according to a ....
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Obama calls for calm after black man gunned down
Date: 2014-08-13 04:59:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:871279
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm in Ferguson, Missouri, after the shooting of a black teenager by police sparked two nights of violence, the BBC reported. He described the death on Saturday of Michael ....
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Russia increases agricultural imports from Egypt by 30 pct - min
Date: 2014-08-12 21:49:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:168 - ID:871162
MOSCOW, Aug 12 (MENA) – Russia's Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fyodorov said Tuesday that the increase of agriculture imports from Egypt by 30 percent would compensate the shortage in agricultural products by 40-50 percent because of a ban imposed ....
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UٍٍS: we have strong strategic relations with Egypt
Date: 2014-08-12 21:44:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:167 - ID:871186
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (MENA) - U.S. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said on Tuesday that Egypt had the freedom to establish relations with any country, noting the ties between Cairo and Washington were strong and strategic. ....
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Putin, Sisi visit Missile Cruiser Moskva in Sochi
Date: 2014-08-12 21:16:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:163 - ID:871169
MOSCOW, Aug 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El Sisi visited the Black Sea Fleet's Missile Cruiser Moskva in Sochi on Tuesday. The crew at the cruiser welcomed the two presidents. The ....
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Sisi, Putin watch musical in Sochi
Date: 2014-08-12 20:15:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:157 - ID:871157
MOSCOW, Aug 12 (MENA) – Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Russian host Vladimir Putin Tuesday visited the Olympic Stadium in Sochi city, where they watched a musical performance on ice. A number of Russian sports stars; including ....
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Putin hosts state dinner for Sisi
Date: 2014-08-12 19:11:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:146 - ID:871054
SOCHI, Aug 12 (MENA) – Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi was the gust of honor at a dinner party hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Earlier, Putin accompanied the Egyptian leader in a chopper to tour the Rosa Khutor ....